Woodson's 4 TDs Hand FSU's Bowden First December Bowl Loss

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Andre Woodson threw four TD passesagainst a depleted Florida State defense and Kentucky won itssecond straight Music City Bowl, beating the Seminoles 35-28 onMonday for Bobby Bowden's first bowl loss in December.

Kentucky hadn't ended back-to-back seasons with bowl wins since1951-52 under Bear Bryant, but the Wildcats pulled off the feat inNashville one year after surprising Clemson, coached by Bowden'sson, Tommy.

As for the elder Bowden, who has led the Seminoles to 26straight bowls and two national titles, his December bowl recordfinally has its first blemish at 7-1-1. Bowden is major collegefootball's winningest coach with 373 victories - one ahead of PennState's Joe Paterno.

Florida State was playing three dozen players short due toinjuries and suspensions stemming from an academic cheatingscandal.

Woodson capitalized on the missing depth and finished the seasonwith 40 touchdown passes, breaking Tim Couch's school-record 37 setin 1998. It was the 19th consecutive game with at least 200 passingyards and a scoring pass for Woodson, a senior who figures to beamong the first quarterbacks taken in the NFL draft.

The Wildcats took the lead for good midway through the thirdquarter on Woodson's 2-yard slant to Rafael Little, who ran for aseason-high 152 yards on 28 carries. It was the 13th 100-yardrushing game for the senior running back, tying him for second onKentucky's career list.

Antone Smith had a career-high 156 rushing yards for theSeminoles.

Florida State quarterback Drew Weatherford pulled the Seminolesto 28-21 with 8 minutes left on a 1-yard bootleg run - his firstcareer game with two rushing TDs. Weatherford completed 22 of 48passes for a TD and two interceptions.

Woodson immediately answered, dumping off a short pass thatSteve Johnson took for 38 yards for his second TD reception.Johnson led all receivers with 126 yards.

Weatherford would add a TD pass to Greg Carr with just over 2minutes remaining, and Florida State got the ball back at the1-minute mark behind by one score.

Linebacker Micah Johnson appeared to come up with a game-icinginterception, but a fumble gave the Seminoles another chance.Weatherford's last-second pass fell incomplete in the end zone.

Kentucky improved to 4-1-1 against the Seminoles in their firstmatchup since 1965. It was the first meeting ever between Bowdenand Brooks, friends for nearly three decades.

The score was 14-all after a first half in which Bowden andothers on the Florida State sideline gave the officials an earfulafter two close calls.

The Seminoles disputed an offensive pass interference call onCarr that negated a touchdown. Gary Cismesia wound up missing afield goal - he didn't make any in the game and finished the seasonwith 27, tied with Sebastian Janikowski for the Atlantic CoastConference record.

Florida State got the ball right back after Carr's mistake,recovering a second fumble by Little. Kentucky ended thatpossession with a goal-line stand, but the Seminoles' Tony Carterpicked off Woodson's next pass and returned it 24 yards to tie thegame.

Kentucky appeared to pull ahead at the end of the half on afield goal by Lones Seiber, but Florida State was called forpersonal foul on the play. Brooks decided to try for the TD ratherthan keep the points, and Seiber eventually missed from 39 yards.

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